5 Countries with Most Climate Refugees in the World

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01. Pakistan 

Internal Displacements by Disaster: 8,168,000

ND-GAIN Score: 0.521

Net Migration Rate: -1

Pakistan ranks first on our list of countries with the highest number of climate refugees in 2022. 90% of the climate-related displacements in South Asia were caused by flooding, a massive chunk of which occurred in Pakistan. Record-breaking rainfall led to flash flooding, leaving 10% of the country underwater and displacing almost 8.2 million individuals. This was the world’s largest single disaster-related displacement in over a decade. 

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